Shannon Pettypiece

Early life Pettypiece grew up in Lake Orion, Michigan, where she attended Lake Orion High School. At age 5, she began showing horses competitively and was involved in 4-H as well as her high school and college equestrian teams. She attended the University of Michigan where she was a reporter and editor at The Michigan Daily, the university's student-run newspaper. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in political science with a focus on Russia and the former Soviet Union. Her mother is a teacher and her father is a woodworker.

In 2010, she became a correspondent for Bloomberg TV, covering the healthcare industry.

As of July 3, 2019, she is a senior White House reporter for NBC News Digital.